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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Milroy, James. Authority in language. London [England] ; New York : Routledge, 1999 (DLC) 98021927 (OCoLC)39217328 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
James Milroy; Lesley Milroy |
ISBN: | 0203026039 9780203026038 9780415696821 0415696828 9780203124666 0203124669 9780415174121 0415174120 9780415174138 0415174139 |
OCLC Number: | 50987367 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 173 pages) |
Contents: | Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Preface to the third edition; Key to symbols and abbreviations used in the text; Prescription and standardisation; Standard English and the complaint tradition; Spoken and written norms; Grammar and speech; Linguistic prescription and the speech community; Linguistic repertoires and communicative competence; 'Planned' and 'unplanned' speech events; Some practical implications of prescriptivism: educational issues and language assessment procedures; Two nations divided by the same language? The standard language ideology in Britain and the United States. |
Responsibility: | James Milroy and Lesley Milroy. |
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'The Milroys' Authority in Language is the most significant textual milestone in researching the ideological construction of Standard English. An absolute must for both historical linguists and sociolinguists.' Richard J. Watts, Emeritus Professor, University of Bern, Switzerland'No book on the market does a better job of explaining the issues surrounding standardization and linguistic authority in a way which is both scholarly and accessible to students.'Deborah Cameron, University of Oxford, UK Read more...


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- Standard language.
- English language -- Standardization.
- English language -- Variation.
- Communicative competence.
- Langue standard.
- Anglais (Langue) -- Normalisation.
- Anglais (Langue) -- Variation.
- Compétence de communication (Linguistique)
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
- Taalnormen.
- Standaardtaal.
- Taalvariatie.
- Engels.